In the past few years, many former high-level government officials around the world have come out publicly against nuclear weapons. A list of the statements appears below. If we have left any out, please contact us.

United States

George P. Shultz, William J. Perry, Henry A. Kissinger and Sam Nunn, "A World Free of Nuclear Weapons," The Wall Street Journal, January 4, 2007.

George P. Shultz, William J. Perry, Henry A. Kissinger and Sam Nunn, "Toward a Nuclear-Free World," The Wall Street Journal, January 15, 2008.

George P. Shultz, William J. Perry, Henry A. Kissinger and Sam Nunn, "How to Protect Our Nuclear Deterrent," The Wall Street Journal, January 19, 2010.

Russia

Mikhail Gorbachev, " The Nuclear Threat," The Wall Street Journal,  January 31, 2007. 

United Kingdom

Douglas Hurd, Malcolm Rifkind, David Owen and George Robertson, "Start Worrying and Learn to Ditch the Bomb," The Times, June 30, 2008.

Poland

Aleksander Kwaśniewski, Tadeusz Mazowiecki and Lech Wałęsa, "The Unthinkable Becomes Thinkable: Towards Elimination of Nuclear Weapons," Gazeta Wyborcza, April 3, 2009.

Australia

Malcolm Fraser, Gustav Nossal, Barry Jones, Peter Gration, John Sanderson and Tilman Ruff, "Imagine There's No Bomb," The Age, April 7, 2009.

Norway

Odvar Nordli, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Kåre Willoch, Kjell Magne Bondevik and Thorvald Stoltenberg, "A Nuclear Weapons-Free World," Aftenposten, June 4, 2009.

Germany

Helmut Schmidt, Richard von Weizsaecker, Egon Bahr, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, "For a Nuclear Weapons-Free World," January 13, 2009.

Belgium

Willy Claes, Jean-Luc Dehaene, Louis Michel and Guy Verhofstadt, "Towards a Nuclear Weapon-Free World," De Standaard, February 19, 2010.

Italy

Massimo D'Alema, Gianfranco Fini, Giorgio La Malfa, Arturo Parisi and Francesco Calogero, "For a Nuclear Weapon Free World," Corriere della Serra, July 24, 2008.

Europe

41 European political figures from Norway, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, UK, Czech Republic, Germany, Finland, Sweden, France, Denmark, Croatia and Italy. "Open Letter on Nuclear Dangers," April 13, 2010.